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This crocodile be smilin' at YOU.note 
  • The movie is more terrifying than Lake Placid, if only for the fact that the people in that film could simply call for a helicopter to get them out of there. In Rogue, the tourists make it to "safety" by swimming to a small island in the middle of the river. At least, until they realise they're standing on a tidal island that will eventually disappear as the water rises. They can't call for help either, they're in the middle of the outback with no reception. They've got no choice but to try and swim for it - and the croc is always, always watching...
  • At one point, early in the film, one of the tourists is snatched by the crocodile without any of the others noticing. This is Truth in Television, as there have been reports of people being snatched by crocodiles despite being among crowds, with nobody around them aware of it until they have noticed the person has gone missing or they spy their corpse floating down the river.
  • On the special features the director mentions that even bigger crocodiles are on record as having been around in living memory in Australia. And tourists still go swimming in northern Australia.

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